title: Unintended Harm and Benefit of the Implantable Defibrillator in an Unfortunate 19-Year-Old Male: Featuring a Sequence of Rare Life-threatening Complications of Cardiac Procedures.
abstract: All procedures have inherent risk. Our patient endured a sequence of rare life-threatening complications from commonly preformed procedures. The sequence of these complications was; large pericardial effusion post implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation with echocardiographic signs of tamponade, left main narrowing post radiofrequency ablation, and late stent thrombosis post coronary intervention with a bare metal stent. All these occurred to one unfortunate young man. Furthermore, our patient demonstrated an unintended benefit of ICD which saved his life.
authors.affiliation: Section of Adult Cardiology, Cardiovascular Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Amin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Daoulah
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ocheltree
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lotfi
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ocheltree
authors.forename: Alawi A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Alsheikh-Ali
authors.forename: Abdul-Karim
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Al-Habib
authors.forename: Osama
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: El-Sayed
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haneef
keywords: Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; coronary injury; pericardial effusion; radiofrequency ablation